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Multi-Camera Composites
I came across an interesting image-producing technique a few months ago, the “multi-camera composite,” on the Flickr page of Tony Kemplen. Â [Sidebar: Tony Kemplen is known for his “52 film cameras in 52 weeks” project, which he started in 2010 and is now in his fourth year.] Â The idea behind the multi-camera composite is, you…
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Kasimedu Fishing Harbor
At the northern end of Chennai’s coast, just north of the Chennai port, where, at any given time, hundreds of trucks stretch in a long line waiting to load or unload goods, is Kasimedu fishing harbor – also known as Royapuram fishing harbor, for the town section nearby. The harbor has a capacity of 575…
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Found Film Friday: Two Dim Color Rolls
With old film, conventional wisdom says it’s best to develop it in black and white chemicals, regardless whether the film was originally color film or black and white. Â Apparently the different colored dyes not only break down more quickly than black and white chemicals, but also at different rates. Â I decided to try anyway with…
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Repurposing Indian Doors
If you have an old camera or two, it looks nice on a bookshelf with a couple of hardcover books. Â But what do you do with 75 old cameras? Â Who has that many bookshelves? It seemed a shame to have them packed away out of sight, but I wondered what kind of shelves would be…
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We Two Ours One
As foreigners living in India, we constantly see things around us that leave us scratching our heads. Â There’s simply not enough time to chase them all down and figure out what they mean, so often we just accept them and move on, and eventually stop noticing. But every now and then, we figure one out.…